| | August 20156CIOReviewCopyright © 2015 CIOReview. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewAUGUST - 14 - 2015Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 August - 14 - 2015, Vol 04 SE 62 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com SDN SpecialCIOReviewEditor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesT:510. 565. 7627Aaron PierceAlex D'SouzaJoe PhilipJoshua Parker Judy ChristinSonia SacharNicole Faithnicole @cioreview.comAdam Galeadam@cioreview.comCarol Matthewcarol@cioreview.comVisualizersStephen ThomasSukirti AgnihotriManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeSoftware Defined Networking (SDN) has so far successfully catered to the software-ization needs of the enterprise networks. Today, nearly every element of IT world is being virtualized to reduce the hardware dependency and bring scalability in operations. SDN, and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), have proved to be crucial in curtailing CAPEX and OPEX by decoupling the functions that historically were sold as specialized, vendor-specific bundles. From a pre-SDN age where agile and configurable data centers were considered a myth, SDN has alleviated the apprehensions of CIOs and CTOs by giving them a centralized programmable network that is independent of network hardware. With the wide spread adoption by OpenDayLight Project, SDN has found many takers in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Education, Government, and Telecom and IT industries. Most SDN use cases have been enterprise data centers to support the business requirements around IT agility and efficiency. Meanwhile, ICT (Information and Communications Technology) vendors have conducted research and developed campus controllers for SDN-based campus networks, as wireless network users and mobile terminals are known to move around frequently.The competence of SDN is apparent in the manner in which network administrators can orchestrate network traffic. Network administrators can leverage a Big Data analytics driven SDN solution to analyze mobile/web application traffic to optimize IT operations and security, while providing context for better business decisions and analytics at unprecedented scale and performance. A new level of agility and service-level responsiveness is required across the entire network infrastructure for new-generation applications. In order to implement an SDN solution, it will be imperative for enterprises to investigate best-of-breed vendor that can deliver innovative and reliable SDN solutions. Our editorial team evaluated several vendors to present you the most promising SDN solution providers. We hope this issue will give you a better understanding of the key business and technology trends impacting SDN, along with insights into the solutions that can keep you ahead of the competition. Let us know your thoughts.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialIntelligent Software-ization of Networks
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